person
Publius Vatinius
Vatinius
A Caesarian politician prosecuted by Calvus in a famous case; 'Vatinian hatred' (poem 14) is proverbial loathing drawn from that enmity.
Reading notes
- The Poems §14 Vatinian hatred
Proverbial loathing, from the bitter enmity between Calvus and the politician Publius Vatinius, whom Calvus prosecuted.